The Lake House

[lighter]

No mobs, but we've caught 5 meeces so far.  We're rather committed beings, when it comes to mice and clean kitchens/bathrooms.  Ruthless, some might say.

We gave the clover yard everything we had.  It lives, or dies now.  We have to go.....maybe tomorrow night.  I'd love to visit Ohio cousins, hear divorce court stories, drive to Toronto and fly back for DD's Optometrist campus visit.  She's applied to the top 2 schools. The closest vrr isn't worth missing all that.

Bald patches got scraped, re seeded and spritzed just now.  Root rot be damned.  If it doesn't take, we'll pivot.

All the hay, we scraped up, went on the other new level area with stone retaining wall.....to keep freshly moved dirt in place.

Everything looking much better.

Tomorrow will be cleaning up, and making things neat again.

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[Dirty Hippy]

Surely the clover will rebound fingers cross as long as mother nature thinks so.
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[lighter]

The clover did rebound, Meh!!!  But the wedding arch circle has obvious bald patches too....made more obvious next to all the thriving green.

Oh well.  The heat's up to 88 recently...will be today.  And sunny, oy. 

We ended up staying, bc contractor said he'd come, then didn't.

My windowed buddy came up, and we took apart 2 big 100 year old armoires downstairs.....moved them to out building. 

Downstairs looks clean and very large....will try the white marble buSt on that fireplace mantle today.....find another place for the carved wood deer with fragile antlers.

I want coffee.

[sKePTiKal]

Yeah. Contractors don't seem to have good communication skills. Over promise and under-deliver is another thing I've noticed.

Never did find anyone to redo my deck this year. And once the tax return hit - realized it was a blessing. Altho I REALLY NEED that deck rebuilt. It's big; 2 levels; all 4 sides of house and 2 sets of steps. Hol found someone to do some tree clearing and brush hogging her field... sposed to start today; but they did call this morning to say they got a late start and would prefer getting a full day in tomorrow instead.

[lighter]

Do you need all that deck, Amber?

I found closing up windows and doors on the cottage, (and removing a deck )very satisfying.  Less to maintain, and replace. 

Simplify, and make the most of what you need/use.

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[sKePTiKal]

Well because the cabin is logs - it requires resealing periodically. And the deck makes it easier to access the peaks of the gables or dormers, the roof & chimney. Not to mention my Starlink receiver! So the 2nd story deck is necessary. It's also fire escape with steps outside, front and back.

Downstairs is a combo of concrete/decking. That could be all concrete, IMO but it might be a struggle as out back, is the beginning of the cliff. That deck is only a couple feet up from the irregular rocks. I've played with designs out back from the time I moved in. Everything from outdoor kitchen to upstairs screened in porchs or the two story "tower" to accomodate an elevator. So far the lift outside is working fine.

Sigh. It's awkward.

[Hopalong]

When I was deck-dreaming, I found TREX. Excellent timber-lookalike made of recycled plastic plus wood fiber. It can't rot and lasts forever. And though I'm a natural-materials snob when I can afford it, I think it looks great.

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